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de Silva, Pamela Elizabeth (1930 - 1997)
 
Occupational hygienist
Born: 11 March 1930  Charlton, Victoria, Australia.  Died: 1 May 1997  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Pamela Elizabeth De Silva was a scientific officer and later head scientist of the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department. Her particular area of expertise was lead poisoning and not long before her death she published a paper arguing that it is not high levels of lead in children's blood that causes lower intelligence, but rather that young children with lower intelligence may eat more soil or paint containing lead and thereby have higher blood lead levels.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1951Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne
1952 - 1956Scientific Officer in the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department
1965 - 1982Scientific Officer in the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department
1982Master of Public Health completed at the University of Sydney
1982 - 1988Head Scientist in the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Victorian Health Department
c. 1983 - c. 1986President of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists
1988 - 1995Manager of AMCOSH
1989First Australian President of the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)

 
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Created: 18 December 1997
Modified: 24 May 2006
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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